Topic: Curry night

[livo]

I'm about to commence day 3 of a 4 day cookathon for tomorrow nights requested curry banquet.  My daughter is bringing her Brazilian friend and his daughter over. 

I've already made a pot of Misty base gravy, and pre-cooked 1.5 kg of lamb rump, 1.5 kg of chicken thigh and 2 kg of chicken breast. I have 1.2 kg of tikka mixed thigh and breast already marinated using CT's recipe, which I'll cook over charcoals today. Some will be served as entrees and some in a dish or 2.

I've made the filling for Malabar chicken mini spring rolls (already sampled a few as testers) and I have 2 boxes of frozen onion bhajis.

Last thing yesterday was a special dish of Mughlai Gosht done in the pressure cooker using a whole 2 kg lamb leg cut into 2" thick chops by the butcher. It is rich and tasty, cooked in butter ghee and using cashew paste, fried onion paste, puree tomato, whole and powdered spices including nutmeg and mace.

I have 1kg of green banana prawns ready to go into the favourite Masala Shrimp and 600g of okra for the Bhindi Masala.  There will be the usual vegetable navratan and today I'll make up the naan dough. 

I haven't done a 10 dish banquet in quite a while and I'm enjoying it.

[Robbo141]

DoorDash to Chicago area? sounds delicious.
Got me in the mood sir.  Going to pull some base from the freezer.

Robbo

[livo]

I wish you could try it Robbo.  I've cooked way to much. We'll be eating curry for a week.
Tonight's menu.
Starters: Chicken Tikka, Malabar chicken mini spring rolls, onion bhajis, salad, lemon wedges.
Chicken dishes: CTM, Mild chicken curry, Madras, Butter Chicken, Mango Chicken, Jalfrezi, Korma.
Lamb: Mughlai Gosht, Lamb Aloo Rogan Josh, Mild Lamb curry, Pasanda
Seafood: Masala Prawns
Vegetable: Navratan Korma, Bhindi Masala.
Other: Papadams, mango chutney, rice, naan, paratha rotis.
All up I used about 6 kg of chicken, lamb and prawns plus 4 kg of onions and others vegetables.

[livo]

There was way too much to photograph and post. We barely made a dent in it but there is plenty to eat through the week.

Apologies, as no matter what I did the photos would not rotate to correct orientation. I've never had this problem before today.

[Kashmiri Bob]

Epic menu livo!  Serious spread you have but together there.  Lamb chops and everything. I have only ever managed cooking for 2-3 guests, including myself.  A Navratan korma had been on my radar for a while (as a balti).  Must give it whirl.  However, what on Earth is a green banana prawn?  Sounds weird, and possibly wonderful

Rob

[livo]

It was a big effort with 4 full days of cooking and trips to the shop but very tasty.  I ate curry again last night and will tonight as well and probably tomorrow.  My daughter came back yesterday and took some home.  Her Brazilian friend and his daughter loved it as well so she took extras for them.

Navratan is the vegetable curry of preference for us. Pre-cooked vegetables, nuts of choice (cashews this time) and fried paneer all in a tomato cream curry sauce.  I first cooked it nearly 20 years ago and used to follow a recipe but now I just wing it BIR style.

A green banana prawn is just an un-cooked prawn of the species known here locally as Banana prawns.  Different type of prawn to a King or Tiger.  I believe the Banana prawn are a farmed prawn.

[Robbo141]

Seriously impressive table there, nice job. Must be so satisfying to make that happen.

Robbo

[tempest63]

It was a big effort with 4 full days of cooking and trips to the shop but very tasty.  I ate curry again last night and will tonight as well and probably tomorrow.  My daughter came back yesterday and took some home.  Her Brazilian friend and his daughter loved it as well so she took extras for them.

Navratan is the vegetable curry of preference for us. Pre-cooked vegetables, nuts of choice (cashews this time) and fried paneer all in a tomato cream curry sauce.  I first cooked it nearly 20 years ago and used to follow a recipe but now I just wing it BIR style.

A green banana prawn is just an un-cooked prawn of the species known here locally as Banana prawns.  Different type of prawn to a King or Tiger.  I believe the Banana prawn are a farmed prawn.

A nice spread Livo and although it is a lot of work, there is always a sense of achievement when your guests enjoy their food.

It is a while since we had a curryfest at home but your post has given me the incentive to start planning again.

[livo]

It is very satisfying to do something like this. It is a lot to do, but also a lot of fun if you enjoy cooking curry.  It was great to have all dishes turn out as planned and hoped for.  Not a single dud on the table.

Base gravy goes such a long way.  I only did about 1.2 kg of onions and with re-using the stock from the pre-cooks instead of water to thin it out for the respective chicken and lamb dishes, I ended up with very rich and flavourful dishes.  I still have enough base gravy to do half as much again.  Going to the effort of preparing the Fried Onion Paste is well worth the trouble as it really adds to the dishes when used appropriately.